What is ALI without his FATIMAH?
Category: Poetry
Laila [2]
Baby, Baby, You know how this works.
ALI
To be ALI, or not to be ALI?
Women
Since when were women equal to men? Since when?
Laila
Remember when you met me in the woods?
excerpts from ALI
This selection has been excerpted from a poem-in-progress called ALI (formerly ‘Hagdar’), an American English epic poem exploring the life and times of Ali ibn Abi Talib (عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب), the cousin, companion, and successor of the Prophet Muhammad. The complete poem is estimated to comprise over 12,000 lines, spanning almost a century of Arab and Islamic … Continue reading excerpts from ALI
OPENING and ALLAH
Whichever way you turn your heads, there you’ll find ALLAH.
EDUCATE
Learn how wrong you are.
PARADISE
It was a cloudy day in paradise, and the kids came out to play.
COVID-19
The world ends with a cough.
